Musk threatens to sue researchers who documented the rise in hateful tweets - eviltoast

A nonprofit organization that researches links between social media, hate and extremism has been threatened with a lawsuit by X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    “By ‘free speech,’ I simply mean that which matches the law. I am against censorship that goes far beyond the law.”

    – Musk Tweeted that after getting criticized for censoring Twitter in Turkey and India. So apparently if North Korea allowed Twitter, he’d happily censor away since that would be the law.

    • Elderos@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      The good ol “Everything I say has super smart and deep meaning that needs to be explained everytime I make seemingly absurd, contradictory and short-sighted comments.” What a deep, mysterious and nuanced fellow.